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Just for future reference, a better look at the shell might be useful.

[quote="silverly"]Hartford Courant Advertisement: 1837

Hartford Courant Advertisement:

I vote for before Dupree's Webster period and silverplate. The second Fork makes me think coin. Wm Dupree was born in England in about 1816 and died in Brooklyn in 1891. The only listings I find for Wm Dupree concern silver plating. Happy New year!

17 January 1753 John Payne London Goldsmith paid apprentice indenture duty for Thomas Boulton Pratt. (Don't have my Grimwade's with me at the moment to see if John Payne is in there.)

Nothing terribly useful to add, but why not clean and polish the item?

An advertisement in the 1901 Yale Banner:

Merry Christmas to all everywhere!

....So, he might not be the maker here, but the work is expected to be soundly sourced. Died in 1920's. No clear report on end date of firm. In 1917 he was recorded by the State of Connecticut Military Census Agent as a Merchant with no experience in any other trade, profession or occupation. He ha...

Master salt maybe. The style makes me think midwestern, but there's no guarantee of that. Sorry for being to imprecise about it all.

26 May 1770 Edward Darvill London Weaver paid apprentice indenture duty for Josiah Lisle (possibly a relative of John Lisle Grimwade p.394).

The substance of this post is purely conjecture which I generally try to avoid altogether, but here goes: 25 January 1806 John Backhous of Grays Inn Road in the County of Middlesex Brass Founder will proved at London. John Backhous's will had substantial bequests to John Backhous otherwise Harcourt ...

Found in Philadelphia and Its Manufactures, A Hand-book 1858. http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1589/6430983/12454042/414495678.jpg I don't suppose anyone would ever look into this, but so far as I can tell J C Booth (James Curtis Booth) was not the Chief Assayer at the U S Mint in Philadelphia. He ...

I had the same thought. But me for it's good to see the verified facts from contemporary publications.

I would expect these marks to be George Sharp as the manufacturer and Bailey & Co as the retailer. This post is to correct my last post in this thread. From the The Presbyterian Historical Almanac and Annual Remembrancer ... Joseph M. Wilson · 1859 pg 6 http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1589/643...

Found in Philadelphia and Its Manufactures, A Hand-book 1858.

I think they're both Frank M Whiting Co trademarks, https://www.925-1000.com/americansilver_W4.html

A lot of people have pretty good success at taking an image of the mark through a magnifying glass, so you might try that. Great looking bracelet.

I would expect these marks to be George Sharp as the manufacturer and Bailey & Co as the retailer.

A family tree recorded on websites suggests he died in Welbeck Street, London in 1783. The Athenaeum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous ..., Volume 4, July to December 1808 on page 265 mentions Sarah Chawner the youngest daughter of William Chawner Esquire of Welbeck Street in regard to her ...